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  • Plastic pollution leaves seabirds with brain damage similar to Alzheimer’s, study shows - Guardian 12.03.25460742
  • ‘Your plastic is here’: how Easter Island copes with 500 pieces of rubbish an hour washing ashore - Guardian 18.06.24419020
  • Who is polluting the ocean with plastic? - Economist 11.10.23377197
  • Plastic ‘Frankenrocks’ pose new pollution threat to coastal environment - Mongabay 02.08.23364387
  • 'Deadly' marine plastic hotspots revealed - Ecologist 03.07.23358647
  • Video: A Titanic Disparity in How the World Responds to Maritime Disasters - DN! 22.06.23356739
  • Greek NGO leads ‘crazy’ bid to rid Mediterranean of plastic waste - Al Jazeera 05.06.23349627
  • Biodegradable Plastic Doesn't Actually Break Down in the Ocean - Gizmodo 24.05.23349893
  • Pacific Garbage Patch Gathering Place for Life Thanks to Currents - ENN 12.05.23346854
  • Life Is Finding a Way on the Great Pacific Garbage Patch - Gizmodo 18.04.23341796
  • The secrets being revealed by ocean garbage patches - BBC 02.10.22319377
  • UN seeks plan to beat plastic nurdles, the tiny scourges of the oceans - Guardian 20.08.22301763
  • Tracking Marine Plastic Drift From Space - ENN 16.08.22301237
  • Disease-causing parasites can hitch a ride on plastics and potentially spread through the sea, new research suggests - Conversation 26.04.22284982
  • The Global “Plastic Flood” Reaches the Arctic - ENN 05.04.22281675
  • Video: Invasive Species Are Riding Plastics Across Oceans - VICE News 03.03.22275515
  • That ocean trash? It's probably from the US - GreenBiz 17.12.21265637
  • Pacific Ocean garbage patch is immense plastic habitat - BBC 05.12.21264112
  • Plastic trash in the ocean is a global problem, and the US is the top source – a new report urges action - Conversation 03.12.21264754
  • Plastic Pollution in Waterways Could Triple by 2040, Warns UN - CD 22.10.21262340
  • These Maldives islanders once saw sharks as the threat. Now they fear the plastic - Guardian 15.10.21257983
  • How farmers and seaweed can help tackle ocean pollution - GreenBiz 11.10.21258133
  • Video: Why 99% of ocean plastic pollution is "missing" - Vox 27.04.21329110
  • Where does plastic pollution go when it enters the ocean? - WE Forum 04.03.21237797
  • UN hopes to reduce ocean plastic waste within five years - Eco Watch 22.01.21233020
  • The Irony of the Citarum River - Clean Currents Coalition 08.01.21249998
  • What plastics are deadliest for marine life? - Emagazine 05.01.21233005
  • These are the plastic items that most kill whales, dolphins, turtles and seabirds - The Conversation 13.12.20228225
  • Clean up efforts won’t solve the plastic pollution crisis in the world’s seas - Mongabay 25.11.20226445
  • More Than Two-Thirds of UN Members Embrace Global Plastic Pollution Treaty—But Not the US - CD 16.11.20224218
  • Photo Essay: Rotten river: life on one of the world’s most polluted waterways - Guardian 02.11.20249996
  • More than 14m tonnes of plastic believed to be at the bottom of the ocean - Guardian 06.10.20218564
  • In Indonesia’s coastal villages, the plastic crisis is both homegrown and invasive - Mongabay 09.09.20216075
  • Are forever chemicals harming ocean life? - Ecowatch 25.08.20214863
  • Could a solution to marine plastic waste threaten one of the ocean's most mysterious ecosystems? - Ecowatch 15.08.20214206
  • ‘Critical’ questions over disease risks from ocean plastics - ENN 14.08.20214216
  • Surface clean-up technology won't solve ocean plastic problem - ENN 05.08.20213556
  • Plastic trash flowing into the seas will nearly triple by 2040 without drastic action - 23.07.20212866
  • Breaking down ocean polystyrene – pollution on a global scale - ENN 10.07.20212343
  • Plastic superhighway: the awful truth of our hidden ocean waste - Guardian 16.06.20211806
  • Thousands of tonnes of ocean pollution can be saved by changing washing habits - ENN 08.06.20209249
  • Scientists find plastic hotspots in the deep ocean - ENN 06.05.20206729
  • Satellite imagery is helping to detect plastic pollution in the ocean - Mongabay 01.05.20206297
  • This 28-Year-Old Businesswoman Saved 11,000 Pounds Of Plastic From Sri Lanka’s Oceans - Forbes 08.03.20200993
  • The circular economy solution to marine plastic litter - Unido 21.11.19203156
  • Video: What lies beneath the world's most polluted river - Brut Nature 06.06.19249999
  • Record concentration of microplastic in Arctic sea ice - Science Daily 24.04.18172572
  • Plastic packaging is often pollution for profit - The Conversation 20.04.18172575
  • Enzyme which can digest most commonly polluting plastics discovered - Ecologist 17.04.18172576
  • Report: Unwrapped: how throwaway plastic is failing to solve Europe's food waste problem, and what we need to do instead - Friends of the Earth Europe et al 04/14 .pdf172579
  • Plastic packaging failing to prevent food waste crisis, new study finds - Friends of the Earth Europe 10.04.18172580
  • World’s first plastic-free supermarket aisle opens - Positive News 10.04.18172584
  • Packaging lobby's support for anti-litter groups deflects tougher solutions - Corporate Europe Observatory 28.03.18172585
  • Microplastic pollution in world’s oceans poses major threat to filter-feeding megafauna - Mongabay 23.03.18172589
  • Great Pacific Garbage Patch growing rapidly, study shows - Science Daily 22.03.18172590
  • Microplastic pollution in oceans is far worse than feared, say scientists - Guardian 12.03.18172594
  • In our new war against ocean plastics - we have international law on our side - Ecologist 23.02.18172595
  • Will degradable plastics really prevent marine pollution? - Green Alliance 30.01.18172599
  • Whale and shark species at increasing risk from microplastic pollution – study - Guardian 05.02.18172600
  • A 'marine motorhome for microbes': Oceanic plastic trash conveys disease to coral reefs - Science Daily 25.01.18172604
  • Ten ‘stealth microplastics’ to avoid if you want to save the oceans - The Conversation 17.01.18172605
  • Why We're Losing the War On Plastics - Bloomberg 15.01.18172609
  • Oil Giants Invest $180B in Plastics, Propelling Oceans Toward 'Near-Permanent' Pollution - CD 26.12.17172610
  • Ocean plastic a 'planetary crisis' - UN - BBC News 05.12.17172614
  • 'Shocking' rise in rubbish washing up on UK beaches - Guardian 30.11.17172615
  • UK considers tax on single-use plastics to tackle ocean pollution - Guardian 18.11.17172619
  • The Ocean Plastic Crisis - Greenpeace International 25.10.17172620
  • Rivers carry plastic debris into the sea - Sonnenseite 18.10.17172624
  • Supermarkets must stop using plastic packaging, says former Asda boss - Guardian 12.10.17172625
  • EU rules out tax on plastic products to reduce waste 06.10.17172628
  • Coca-Cola increased its production of plastic bottles by a billion last year, says Greenpeace - Guardian 02.10.17172629
  • Welcome to Ground Zero of the Ocean Plastic Pollution Crisis - Greenpeace 20.09.17172633
  • Greenpeace wants new taxes on plastic for Wales - BBC News 12.09.17172634
  • Shaming Europe, Kenya becomes the 9th African state to ban plastic bags - New Europe 28.08.17172638
  • How does plastic end up in the ocean? - Greenpeace 22.08.17172639
  • Journal: Production, use, and fate of all plastics ever made - Geyer, R et al 12.07.17172643
  • 9 Shocking Facts About Plastics in Our Oceans - EcoWatch 12.07.17172644
  • How your pile of laundry fills the sea with plastic pollution - The Conversation 04.07.17172648
  • A million bottles a minute: world's plastic binge 'as dangerous as climate change' - Guardian 28.06.17172649
  • China's informal army of recyclers keep plastic bottles out of landfill - Guardian 28.06.17172652
  • In the Depths of the Oceans, Human Activities Are Beginning to Take Their Toll - Truth Out 13.06.17172653
  • Ocean plastics from Haiti’s beaches turned into laptop packaging - New Scientist 12.06.17172656
  • Dead turtle found in Perth had intestines 'stuffed with plastic rubbish' - WA Today 10.06.17172657
  • Do the manifestos commit to end ocean plastics? - Greenpeace 22.05.17172661
  • From sea to plate: how plastic got into our fish – Guardian 14.02.17172662
  • Biological responses to disturbance from simulated deep-sea polymetallic nodule mining - Daniel O.B Jones et al 08.02.17172666
  • Tesco to phase out microbeads from its products by end of 2016 – Guardian 24.11.16172667
  • In huge win for oceans and wildlife, California phases out plastic bags – AlterNet 23.11.16172671
  • Beach litter rise sparks bottle deposit system call – BBC News 22.11.16172672
  • A deposit return scheme for Scotland? – Greenpeace UK 11.11.16172676
  • Plastic pollution of the oceans has reached crisis point – Ecologist 27.10.16172677
  • How your clothes are poisoning our oceans and food supply – Guardian 20.06.16172680
  • Billions of bits of plastic threaten humans and wildlife, Australian senators told - Guardian 18.02.16172681
  • Journal: Plastic waste inputs from land into the ocean - Jambeck, J.R et al 13.02.15172685
  • Inside the lonely fight against the biggest environmental problem you've never heard of - Guardian 27.10.14172686
  • 'Great Pacific garbage patch' far bigger than imagined - The Guardian 04.10.16172690
  • Ocean Trash: 5.25 Trillion Pieces and Counting, but Big Questions Remain - National Geographic 11.01.15172693
  • UN maps most polluted coasts - BBC 02.10.12172694
  • U.N. Report: Little Known About Ocean Plastic’s Impact on Human Health - News Deeply 21.08.17172697
  • Recommendations towards the EU Plastics Strategy - EPA Network 01.04.17172698

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